Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-10-01
CHAPTER v.
FEE NINA u Ms.

For two days l sat at home or walked
about the Holmbush fields brooding. The
Dancing Polly was gone; She was the
prize Of the revenue people. They had
not taken my little boat. | might, us Of
old, put out to sea and dream no longer
Of the future, but of The golden past, ON
the gentle bosom Of the channel. And of
course there was the Chace Mary, which
was no good to me.
~Forty-cight hours struggle through the
depths of despair brought me to the goal
Of resignation which MI women after such
mental conflicts reach. Then | began to
look about for some way Of passing the
time.
Isaac Agus and his wife would carry on
the farm. The produce of the fMrm-it
was not very m~ucl-would suffice to keep
him, his wife and myself. That soon
argued out and represented to the old la
borer, who WAS hard Of comprehension,
but managed to understand at length that
he was to be sole responsible manager for
three years.
This settled. / began to think about The
very remarkable and rapid clearance of
the cargo.
OF course, it must have been Joshua
whose step ! heard in the bay; it must
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hand; it must have been Joshua who
cleared the hold; ne one else could have
done it.
Where had he put the cargo?
The arrest took place ut ! in the morn.
ing. When the revenue men came back to
look for their prize it must have been
past .. -Four hours to move fifty or
sixty kegs Of brandy, each holding four
gallons O 50.
For one man, singlc-handed, that is n
heavy job. 1t would not be possible to
carry the kegs very far.
Now, we had half Il dozen places known
only to ourselves, in which we could stow
our merchandise. They were scattered
about III the Cinderella. Sore were a
good half mile from the bay, one Or two
quite close. Joshua, I thought, would
take the nearest Of all. This was u place
lying quite close to the patl, from the
bay to the farm. To reach it you scram-
BILE over a sloping ledge Of loose stones,
and you passed by What seemed to he q
tangled heap Of brambles. II you got to
the back Of the bushes you sa" that they
covered over u natural hollow, u sort of
punch bowl, which made the most ad-
mirablc cellar in the world, especially in
summer when the leaves were thick.
1 went straight to the spot and pulled
aside the branches. Below me, to my
great joy 1 discovered the whole OF the
Dancing Polly's last run.
Joshua had put it tllere-careful Joshua!
He had not ventured yet to sell my of it
prudent Joshua! No doubt lie would
account to Dan OF his return for his share
Of the money-righteous Joshua!
Anyhow, whether Joshua did this thing
with Il view to his own interest only, or
not, it was pluckily done, and well done.
Womanlikc, l had found 4 secret, and l
rejoiced. Who could have laid the infor-
nation? No one but Ourselvcs-of whom
Joshua was one-knew. Now, much as l
dreaded the man for his violence and mas
terfulness, ] never for Il moment sus-
pected Joshua Of this villainy.
The day after I made this discovery,
there came to Rousdon bay the young fell
low belonging to Capt. Pollard's com
pany, of whom ! have already spoken
John Beer.